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Conjugation of the French verb traduire

A list of the common conjugations for the French verb traduire, along with their English translations.

traduire is an irregular verb

Verb phrases

Infinitive		Scored
traduire	to translate

Present		Scored
je traduis	I translate
tu traduis	you translate
il traduit	he translates
elle traduit	she translates
nous traduisons	we translate
vous traduisez	you translate
ils traduisent	they translate
elles traduisent	they translate

Imperfect		Scored
je traduisais	I was translating
tu traduisais	you were translating
il traduisait	he was translating
elle traduisait	she was translating
nous traduisions	we were translating
vous traduisiez	you were translating
ils traduisaient	they were translating
elles traduisaient	they were translating

Past Historic / Passé Simple This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
je traduisis	I translated
tu traduisis	you translated
il traduisit	he translated
elle traduisit	she translated
nous traduisîmes	we translated
vous traduisîtes	you translated
ils traduisirent	they translated
elles traduisirent	they translated

Passé Composé		Scored
j'ai traduit	I have translated
tu as traduit	you have translated
il a traduit	he has translated
elle a traduit	she has translated
nous avons traduit	we have translated
vous avez traduit	you have translated
ils ont traduit	they have translated
elles ont traduit	they have translated

Pluperfect / Plus-que-parfait		Scored
j'avais traduit	I had translated
tu avais traduit	you had translated
il avait traduit	he had translated
elle avait traduit	she had translated
nous avions traduit	we had translated
vous aviez traduit	you had translated
ils avaient traduit	they had translated
elles avaient traduit	they had translated

Future		Scored
je traduirai	I will translate
tu traduiras	you will translate
il traduira	he will translate
elle traduira	she will translate
nous traduirons	we will translate
vous traduirez	you will translate
ils traduiront	they will translate
elles traduiront	they will translate

Future Perfect / Futur antérieur The French Future Perfect or Futur antérieur is made with the future tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurai traduit	I will have translated
tu auras traduit	you will have translated
il aura traduit	he will have translated
elle aura traduit	she will have translated
nous aurons traduit	we will have translated
vous aurez traduit	you will have translated
ils auront traduit	they will have translated
elles auront traduit	they will have translated

Conditional		Scored
je traduirais	I would translate
tu traduirais	you would translate
il traduirait	he would translate
elle traduirait	she would translate
nous traduirions	we would translate
vous traduiriez	you would translate
ils traduiraient	they would translate
elles traduiraient	they would translate

Conditional Perfect / Conditionnel passé The French Conditional Perfect (the past conditional) or Conditionnel passé is made with the conditional tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take être, or with the direct object for verbs that take avoir.		Scored
j'aurais traduit	I would have translated
tu aurais traduit	you would have translated
il aurait traduit	he would have translated
elle aurait traduit	she would have translated
nous aurions traduit	we would have translated
vous auriez traduit	you would have translated
ils auraient traduit	they would have translated
elles auraient traduit	they would have translated

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je traduise	(... that) I translate
(... que) tu traduises	(... that) you translate
(... que) il traduise	(... that) he translates
(... que) elle traduise	(... that) she translates
(... que) nous traduisions	(... that) we translate
(... que) vous traduisiez	(... that) you translate
(... que) ils traduisent	(... that) they translate
(... que) elles traduisent	(... that) they translate

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... que) je traduisisse	(... that) I was translating
(... que) tu traduisisses	(... that) you were translating
(... que) il traduisît	(... that) he was translating
(... que) elle traduisît	(... that) she was translating
(... que) nous traduisissions	(... that) we were translating
(... que) vous traduisissiez	(... that) you were translating
(... que) ils traduisissent	(... that) they were translating
(... que) elles traduisissent	(... that) they were translating

Imperative		Scored
traduis	Translate
traduisons	Let's translate
traduisez	Translate

Present Participle		Scored
traduisant	translating

Past Participle		Scored
traduit	translated

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